Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-11
Enterprising Journalism.
Woodland Democrat.


II one OF the most chaste and modest
women in the best families in Yolo county
were so unfortunate as to be most foully
murdered tomorrow by hired man or a
heather Chinaman, in a few days a Turk
ing representative of some enterprising
journal in the larger cities would be here
for the purpose of finding out something
no one ever heard of before as to the
character of the unfortunate victim. We
base the above conclusion on what has al
ready happened IN Napa and Colusa coun-
ties, in the most slanderous reports black
ening the good characters of Mrs. Billion
and Mrs. Lyons, published by journals
that boast much of their enterprise. The
perpetrators of such enterprises should be
dealt with and receive the same punish
ment that the murderers receive for they
are no better-the only difference is thew
are moIe cowardly. The very thought of
taking the life of an innocent helpless
woman is horrifying and the crime of
numbering her character after her lips are
closed IS still more so. While it is true
that the black-hearted representatives of
the press are paid TO do their work, they
are no more TO be excused than the one
who is paid to blow another's brains out.
The slanderous reports of thetwo murdered
ladies OF Napa and Colusa counties, which
have been submitted to too quietly so far.
do not speak in favorable terms of our edu-
cation or civilization. If such outrages are
permitted and are not punished, where will
they end, and who will be the next victim?
viii not the enterprising journals become
more bold and enterprising, and will not
they have imitators Where is the lady in
this broad land whose character will be
safe, and what is it that will be of value
when there is no protection of woman's
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undermine society are of gradual growth,
and do not attack the whole structure at
once. They attack the weakest points, and
under different names the last invention
being enterprising journalism. AT the time
and IN the State in which we grew into
manhood it cost the life of a man to even
intimate anything that would have tend
ency to cast cloud over the character of
woman, and it is hard for US to realize
that public journals are used as vehicles
for the purpose of numbering their char
acters when they are lying cold in the
narrow bed-chambers of the city of the
dead, for the selfish object of making
enterprising journals andrthereby increase
their circulation. If the time has arrived
In this much boosted State that it has be-
come necessary 10 blacken the characters of
our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters
IN order to increase the circulation of the
public journals, which should be teachers
OF public morality, the time of the cold
winter OF our troubles is near at hand, and
we need not worry ourselves concerning
the crops, or anything else The cold,
heart-sickening fact of a woman having
been murdered by fendish brute is suf-
hcient TO throw dark veil of sorrow over
all her blood relations for all the DAYS that
are allotted for them to live. To still add
to their cup of sorrow by blackeniny the
character OF those who have passed over the
river of death for the purpose of making an
enterprising journal, and thereby increas-
ing its circulation, is not human. aud the
perpetrators of the latter crime should re-
celve the same penalty as the first, for if
there is any difference between the two the
first should have the preference.